Landy driving to France - what spares to carry?

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I did 1100ml on the NC500 and went through a lot of Ep90 and 20/50
I stopped at Annecy a few years ago doing the Tour des alps (hire car) what a great place and want to stay over next time,
As said a good service before trip will help checking over any loose and rusty bits , Bon Voyage
 
v8250 said:
Thank God for that, it's only a Land Rover...with Sidewinder Missiles, Laser Guided Attak Control, Flip Down Side Light Machine Guns, Rear Tank Oil Spillage Delivery, Boudica HD Wheel Spikes...and underwater jet propulsion ;)
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you've not found the button that operates the Quiet Underbelly Exhaust Emissions Reducer then to enable silent running
 
v8250 said:
So what about the cheese & pickle sarnies I make for the journey?
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Two problems, the cheese and the butter or spread if you put any on!
No joking apparently peeps have actually had them confiscated.
We have had to think hard about what to take. We are taking loads of crisps!
You could use oil instead of spread or butter and then put fish in them (like sardines) or egg, but you'd have to watch what is in the mayo.
Salad? Avocado? Nuts?Biscuits, if they don't contain any dairy.
All a complete friggin pain.
It will make you stop in the nearest supermarket or motorway place to buy stuff.
Still it isn't bad to break the journey regularly.;)
 
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v8250 said:
Thank God for that, it's only a Land Rover...with Sidewinder Missiles, Laser Guided Attak Control, Flip Down Side Light Machine Guns, Rear Tank Oil Spillage Delivery, Boudica HD Wheel Spikes...and underwater jet propulsion ;)
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On a serious note, have you sorted all your Covid stuff?
Attestation sur l'Honneur etc?
As we are leaving a fortnight before you we are more or less there, except for the Covid negative antigen test of course, which we will have to have the day before we go.:rolleyes: (Got to drive all the way to Soton just for that!)
If you'd rather PM me over this feel free, as it is a feckin nightmare! But I expect you are all over it, as it were!:)
 
Blackbird just landed, momentarily, he/she had so much moss in its beak I don't know how it could see to fly!
Might get the camera out and take a pic!:rolleyes:
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Two problems, the cheese and the butter or spread if you put any on!
No joking apparently peeps have actually had them confiscated.
We have had to think hard about what to take. We are taking loads of crisps!
You could use oil instead of spread or butter and then put fish in them (like sardines) or egg, but you'd have to watch what is in the mayo.
Salad? Avocado? Nuts?Biscuits, if they don't contain any dairy.
All a complete friggin pain.
It will make you stop in the nearest supermarket or motorway place to buy stuff.
Still it isn't bad to break the journey regularly.;)
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Don't expect the frog rozzers to bother checking sarnie contents, they either wont give a toss or will just have you chuck em all in a bin. Like as not hoping for a bit of verbals so they can do the "gallic shrug" and then hold you up for an hour while the whole vehicle is stripped out - by you. Even better if it's pi55ing it down.
 
frog hopper said:
Don't expect the frog rozzers to bother checking sarnie contents, they either wont give a toss or will just have you chuck em all in a bin. Like as not hoping for a bit of verbals so they can do the "gallic shrug" and then hold you up for an hour while the whole vehicle is stripped out - by you. Even better if it's pi55ing it down.
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Will never forget the time me and the ex were driving out of France, i.e. onto a ferry dockside, minibus full of 6th formers on exchange, and all passports in a pile, she smiled at the Frog immigaration guy as she handed them to him. He muttered back at her, in French, "since you are smiling at me I'll make you wait a bit". Her passport, although French was European, so in the pile it looked the same as the Brits.
She feckin ERUPTED at him. Screaming at him stuff like "Am I not allowed to smile in my own country?""Who the "£$% do you think you are, to deliberately waste our time, etc etc etc."
I thought we'd be straight off to the clink.
But no he just kept a straight face, didn't look at her but handed the pile of passports back pronto.:eek::eek::eek:
I was sweating big drops, I can tell you. :D:D:D:D
 
Stanleysteamer said:
On a serious note, have you sorted all your Covid stuff?
Attestation sur l'Honneur etc?
As we are leaving a fortnight before you we are more or less there, except for the Covid negative antigen test of course, which we will have to have the day before we go.:rolleyes: (Got to drive all the way to Soton just for that!)
If you'd rather PM me over this feel free, as it is a feckin nightmare! But I expect you are all over it, as it were!:)
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Thanks @Stanleysteamer , all of this is in hand, just to book in the PCR test at local Annecy clinic. Interestingly, Eurotunnel have teamed up with a UK clinic for all tests UK req'd tests.
 
Les Douaniers, what a bunch of fonctionnaire f*kckwits - really, who would possibly want such a dullard career? When not putting feet up in office, they simply stand in vehicle fumes 'til fed up and pull over a vehicle for an alleged illegal goods/drugs search. Pre-covid I crossed the French-Suisse border every 6-8weeks at Saint Julien-en-Genevois. Been doing this trip for years, never once stopped.

Late 80's returning from Le Mans with a drug taking buddy and they stopped us on the French side, lots of psychological pressure, three dogs et al. Made me empty the car, dogs sniffed the lot...they uttered a mumbled thank you and off you go. 30mins to re-pack the car and then I find my drug taking buddy had a lump of Black Moroccan in his trouser pocket[!] How they failed to find this, Lord knows :eek:

Interestingly, Les Douaniers have absolute jurisdiction over approx' 87% of all mainland France and absolute right to stop and search any person and/or vehicle at any time. This dating back to Napoleon who appointed military status to his customs/tax collecting brigades.

In Robin Mackness's book, Oradour Massacre & Aftermath, he explains how the douaniers were able to chase and ultimately stop him with machine gun fire just before he crossed into Germany, He was travelling from Lyon to Geneve in his armoured BMW 7 Series...and just happened to be carrying a few million dollars in Rieschbank Gold in the armoured boot [!!] Mackness was incarcerated by the Froggy Custom Gistapo in Bonneville prison for two years. The book is really worth routing out, it's great read.
 
Stanleysteamer said:
Two problems, the cheese and the butter or spread if you put any on!
No joking apparently peeps have actually had them confiscated.
We have had to think hard about what to take. We are taking loads of crisps!
You could use oil instead of spread or butter and then put fish in them (like sardines) or egg, but you'd have to watch what is in the mayo.
Salad? Avocado? Nuts?Biscuits, if they don't contain any dairy.
All a complete friggin pain.
It will make you stop in the nearest supermarket or motorway place to buy stuff.
Still it isn't bad to break the journey regularly.;)
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Take a good water biscuit. French cheese is superb but they don’t do a good cracker, it’s all baguette nonsense. Make sure you have a corkscrew for all that red wine and most importantly pack a sense of humour, something which is lost on the French…enjoy.
 
And the baguette is an Austrian bread...so much for froggy cuisine. As for no humour, I testify my ex-MiL [no F :eek:] has least sense of humour in all of France. She's affectionately known as the wicked witch of the Alpes. Even her best friends refer to her as, "extra speciale..."
 
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